तर्क

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See also: तर्कु, तेरेको, तुर्की, तैराकी, तरीक़ा, तारक, and तर्का

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Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit तर्क (tarka).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /t̪əɾk/,

Noun

तर्क • (tark) m

  1. an argument, reasoning
    Antonym: वितर्क (vitark)
  2. logic
    उसके सोच में कोई तर्क है ही नहीं।
    uske soc mẽ koī tark hai hī nahī̃.
    There is no logic in his thoughts.

Declension

Declension of तर्क (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct तर्क
tark 		तर्क
tark
oblique तर्क
tark 		तर्कों
tarkõ
vocative तर्क
tark 		तर्को
tarko

Derived terms

References

Sanskrit

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Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *tarkás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tarkás, from Proto-Indo-European *telkʷ-. Cognate with Latin loquor (“to speak, talk”), Old Church Slavonic тлъкъ (tlŭkŭ, “interpreter”) and Old Irish do·tluchethar (“to ask”), ad·tluchedar (“to thank”).

Alternative, from Proto-Indo-European *terkʷ- (“to turn”). Cognate with Latin torqueō (“to twist”), Hittite 𒋻𒌑𒍣 (tarúzi), Old Church Slavonic тракъ (trakŭ), Tocharian B tärk-, and possibly Ancient Greek τρέπω (trépō).

Pronunciation

Noun

तर्क • (tarká) stem, m

  1. conjecture
  2. reasoning, speculation, inquiry
  3. doubt
  4. system or doctrine founded on speculation or reasoning, philosophical system (especially the Nyāya system, but applicable also to any of the six Darśana)
  5. logic, confutation (especially that kind of argument which consists in reduction to absurdity)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of तर्क (tarká)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative तर्कः
tarkáḥ 		तर्कौ / तर्का¹
tarkaú / tarkā́¹ 		तर्काः / तर्कासः¹
tarkā́ḥ / tarkā́saḥ¹
Vocative तर्क
tárka 		तर्कौ / तर्का¹
tárkau / tárkā¹ 		तर्काः / तर्कासः¹
tárkāḥ / tárkāsaḥ¹
Accusative तर्कम्
tarkám 		तर्कौ / तर्का¹
tarkaú / tarkā́¹ 		तर्कान्
tarkā́n
Instrumental तर्केण
tarkéṇa 		तर्काभ्याम्
tarkā́bhyām 		तर्कैः / तर्केभिः¹
tarkaíḥ / tarkébhiḥ¹
Dative तर्काय
tarkā́ya 		तर्काभ्याम्
tarkā́bhyām 		तर्केभ्यः
tarkébhyaḥ
Ablative तर्कात्
tarkā́t 		तर्काभ्याम्
tarkā́bhyām 		तर्केभ्यः
tarkébhyaḥ
Genitive तर्कस्य
tarkásya 		तर्कयोः
tarkáyoḥ 		तर्काणाम्
tarkā́ṇām
Locative तर्के
tarké 		तर्कयोः
tarkáyoḥ 		तर्केषु
tarkéṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Related terms

Descendants

  • → Malayalam: തർക്കം (taṟkkaṁ)
  • Paisaci Prakrit:

See also

Noun

तर्क • (tarká) stem, n

  1. a philosophical system

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of तर्क (tarká)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative तर्कम्
tarkám 		तर्के
tarké 		तर्काणि / तर्का¹
tarkā́ṇi / tarkā́¹
Vocative तर्क
tárka 		तर्के
tárke 		तर्काणि / तर्का¹
tárkāṇi / tárkā¹
Accusative तर्कम्
tarkám 		तर्के
tarké 		तर्काणि / तर्का¹
tarkā́ṇi / tarkā́¹
Instrumental तर्केण
tarkéṇa 		तर्काभ्याम्
tarkā́bhyām 		तर्कैः / तर्केभिः¹
tarkaíḥ / tarkébhiḥ¹
Dative तर्काय
tarkā́ya 		तर्काभ्याम्
tarkā́bhyām 		तर्केभ्यः
tarkébhyaḥ
Ablative तर्कात्
tarkā́t 		तर्काभ्याम्
tarkā́bhyām 		तर्केभ्यः
tarkébhyaḥ
Genitive तर्कस्य
tarkásya 		तर्कयोः
tarkáyoḥ 		तर्काणाम्
tarkā́ṇām
Locative तर्के
tarké 		तर्कयोः
tarkáyoḥ 		तर्केषु
tarkéṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “तर्क”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0439.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “TARK”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 633
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